Chicago, Illinois
World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls
Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.
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Chicago, Illinois
Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Arlington, Virginia
This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.
Washington, D.C.
During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Chicago, Illinois
A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Independence, Missouri
This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Kansas City, Missouri
A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
Salzburg, Austria
Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.
Detroit, Michigan
One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Lawrence, Kansas
Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...